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][I D-l---il--uu-- Entered in the n.st office at DonaldsonvillC. sa.. as second-class mail matter. -------- ------~ SA. VON LOTTEN & G. DONNAUD BENTLEY lbPulishers and Proprietors SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1912. ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. EDWARD NICHOLLS PUGH hereby announces himself as a can didate for the office of a sociate ju:;tico of the supreme court of Lou Isiana, from the fourth supreme court district, subject to the action of the Democratic primary election to be held for the nomination of a can didate for that office in August or ,pltember next. To the Voters of Ascension Parish: I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the office of associate jus tice of the Supreme Court of the state, from the fourth supreme court dis trict, of which the parish of Ascen sion forms a part, at the Democratic primary election to be held for the nomination of .a candidate for that office, in the latter part of August or the early part of September next. I can only say that, if nominated and elected to that office, I will en deavor to discharge the responsible duties of it to the best of my ability. WALTER GUION. FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE l JUDGE PAUL LECHE r of Ascension hereby announces his s candidacy for judge of the Court of Appeals, Second District of the First Circuit, and solicits the kind sup port of the Democratic voters of said district in the Democratic primary election to be held the latter part of August or the beginning of Sep toember next. FOR DISTRICT JUDGE. R. J. CHAUVIN hereby announces his candidacy for the office of judge of the Twenty Seventh Judicial District Court, com prising the parishes of Ascension, Assumption and St. James, and solic its the support of the Democratic voters of the district in the Demo cratic primary election. CHARLES T. WORTHAM. To the Democrats of Ascension, As sumption and St. James: At the personal solicitation of. nu merous friends, and to gratify what I hope will be deemed a pardonable ambition, I announce myself a can didate for judge of this judicial dis trict to succeed Hon. Paul Leche. My candidacy is subject to the ac tdo of the Democratic primary. I r ze . the resVtonsibity Of this im por ant position, and if you honor me :with election, I will endeavor to discharge, diligently, faithfully and conscientiously, all the duties of the office. CHAS. T. WORTHAM. Napoleonville, La., Mar. 20, 1912. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. PHILIP H. GILBERT hereby announces himself as a candi date for re-election to the office of district attorney of the Twenty Seventh Judicial District, Bomprising the parishes of Ascension, Assump tion and St. James, and solicits the support of the Democratic voters of the district in the Democratic pri mary election. A woman was killed by lightning at c Covington, La., while sweeping the 1 front gallery of her home. Ladies who are indisposed toward doing their own housework will regard this as a solemn confirmation of their at titude. "President Arosemena of Panama admits that his country wants the United States to supervise Panamas comigg elections," says a contempo rary. The New Orleans ward bosses would no doubt engage to do the job in bang-up style. A campaign rumor is extant to thi effect that there are five candidates for associate justice of the supreme court from this district, but a care; ful examination of The Chief's an iouncement column reveals but two, and we caution the voters not to be taking any stock in exaggerated re ports. Col. E. W. Anderson, the hustling. secretary of the Monroe Progressive League, has resigned to accept a sim ilar position at Orange, Texas. His departure from Monroe is generally regretted there and a banquet was given in his honor the evening be fore he left for his new field of la bor. A statement is going the rounds of the Louisiana press to the effect that a report of disbursements of levee boards compiled by State Ac countant Arcllie Smith shows that while $77,000 was expended by these bodies for official salaries, only $59, '27.16 was paid out for actual levet work. Can this he true? Houma, the parish seat of Terre bonne, has risen to the dignity of a daily paper, the Houma Daily Chroni cle, of which Ralph l.Spence is man aging editor and Emile W. Dupont is business manager. The Chronicle is a spirited, pretentious sheet, with a fine showing of both original and selected reading matter and of local advertisements. If it keeps up the pace and promise set by the initial issues it will be a notable addition to the state press and v credit to the thriving and progressive town in wh it is puhl.shed GOVERNOR HALL INA UGURA TED. PR Luthor E. Hall was inducted into office as governor of Louisiana at Baton Rouge last Monday with impos- Ta i,ig ceremonies and in the presence co of a large concourse of people. The co go.-ernor-elect had exp.ressed a wish he ;hat all plans for an elaborate dis- Al play on this occasion be abandoned an )ecause of the distressing conditions th existing in the considerable portion T, {of the state inundated by the Missis- ha sippi's flood, but the friends of the es 'iew administration were unwilling m to wholly suppress their natural in- Cl clination to "give it a good send-off," m and they had their' way. hi The governor's address was a plain w yet eloquent exposition of his atti tude and views relative to the du- a ties and responsibilities he was as- b suming and the obligation resting up- Ic on him to fulfill them in accordance g with the pledges made in the platform d i- upon which he was elected and in qf his campaign speeches. He mani- 1< fested a clear and comprehensive g conception of the important mission t c he has undertaken in behalf of the A ,e public interest, and impressed his it hearers with the sincerity of his de termination to justify the confidence t d reposed in him by the people of Lou- E n- isiana. e The general assembly is getting the ; machinery of legislation in running order and soon the work of both houses will be in full swing. A good many bills have already been offered is and notices have been given of a of good many more. p Representative Sidney A Marchand id of Ascension has been appointed a ry member of the following house com irt mittees: Qualification of members, constitution and executive messages, and section C of the judiciary com mittee. Representative A. I. Picard of this parish is a member of the for committees on federal relations, ag ty- riculture, immigration and commerce, m1 and public works, lands and levees. on, ic- Senator Henry L. Himel of this dis tic trict has been appointed to member no- ship on the following senate commit tees: Agriculture, libraries, and fish and fisheries. THREE "WHYS" FOR OPPOSING ga FREE SUGAR. Rt Cosgrove's Weekly asks: "If, as pr the opponents of free sugar say, ca the cost of it to the consumer will vi not be reduced, why oppose free su- 'n gar?" There·; .k:=tt e a number of iu "whys" that may be cited in effec- !, tual response to this query, but the w following three ought to be all-suffi- it cient for every Louisianian, if not ni every American: i tective-revenue tariff will destroy the ti domestic industry-in which Louisi- It ana has a larger interest than any s other state-leaving the country de- v pendent upon imports entirely for its t iunar supply. t 2. Because this destruction of a val- t uable and growing home industry one that is fostered and protected by f every other sugar-producing country in the world-wodld place the control it of the sugar market wholly in the e hands of the few big refining con s cerns-the sugar trust-a powerful combination that is openly favoring t- the proposed free sugar scheme. 3. Because the government will be deprived of approximately sixty mil a lions of dollars of annual income, collected more easily and inexpen o- lively than any other portion of its necessary revenues, from the only )b staple article of household and break fast table consumption that has de clined in price during the past half century. n Whether viewed from the stand - point of Democratic tariff-for-revenue, - Republican protection, or non , partisan equity and common sense, the free sugar measure is heretical, pernicious and unfair. How any Lou isiana newspaper can bring itself to countenance the deadly assault upon ye the state's most valuable industry m- passes ordinary comprehension. __i MEXICO AND JAPAN. "There is no Japanese question in Mexico," pithily declares Manuel Calero, the new Mexican ambassa dor to the United States. "This talk about the Japanese and Mag dalena Bay is ridiculous," he con tinues. "It is absurd you Americans should be exercised about the grant ing of private fishing concessions to Japanese subjects. Our dealings are with concessionaries, and not the Japanese government. We are not so foolish as to do anything that will endanger our friendship with this great country." That sounds like a t very sensible and self-evident pellet a of truth. Richmond. Pearson Hobson and his fellow jingoes ought to put lit in their pipes and smoke it. 1 The esteemed Houma Courier thus n essays to solve the ancient problem o of "squaring a circle:" "Donner has n a levee built in a square so as to encircle the entire town." PROGRESS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL I CAMPAIGN. t The struggle between President Taft and ex-President Roosevelt for e control of the Republican noticnal E convention inereaces in inters-st ant beconmes IOT S. :e:;ular e.'U I e- K a- Although a e:0 sidc:ablO! prtFoipi er dance of the de,:kigaltes cho s n ip tl s this time are favorable to President n Taft's renomination, Mir. Roosevelt s- has achieved several notable success e es, and his whiriwilnd campaign .g methods will take him into the a- Chicago assembly next month -wi th a much more formidable following than his opponents have heretofore be ee in willing to concede. Massachusetts gave the president a majority of 3600 over Roosevelt, but owing to the printing on the bal- i lot of the names of nine Taft delc gates instead of eight, the Roosevel; delegates at large ran ahead of the Taft group. Mr. Roosevelt has re leased the delegation from any obli gation to vote for him and expresse( the opinion that they should vote fo: Mr. Taft, but the delegates them selves have not yet accepted thib view and may insist on their right to exercise their individual prefer ences and support Mr. Roosevelt ii; the convention. If they do this the Massachusetts vote will stand 18 for Taft and 18 for Roosevelt. If they adopt the view of their candidate the 1 vote will be 26 for Taft and 10 for Roosevelt. a Col. Roosevelt carried Maryland by a very narrow margin, which wil: d give him the entire vote of that state a under its primary law. He will also - get the bulk of the Kansas vote, hi:; friends having controlled the state , convention there by a large majority. - The Texas primary has been very d close, with the indications favoring e a Roosevelt victory. Taft has cap tured the Nevada delegation of si:: votes, and according to the claim:f of his campaign manager is now as s- sured of.more than the necessary num r- ber of votes to land the nominatione ,- without taking into consideration the ;h additions to his strength to be de rived from Ohio, New Jersey and the other states yet to choose their dele gates. This claim is ridiculed by tihe Roosevelt leaders, of course, who ex as press the fullest confidence that thei y, candidate will carry the Chicago con ill vention by storm and win the nomi nation hands down. The heaviest jolt President Taft. pr had received in this contest is the =up loss of his own State, Ohio, where he 'a, was beaten by about 25,000 majority Ibe in the "presidential preference" pri- ,a; mary election last Tuesday. Accord- St ing to the latest returns received alt at this writing Col. Roosevelt has cap- ,u tured 32 of the district delegates, 0o1 leaving only 10 to the president. Theo 01 six delegates from the state at large o. will be chosen by the state conven- pra lion on June 3, and while both fac tions are now claiming the abilit: to control this body, present indica tions point to the election of a suf ficient number of Roosevelt support- ;r ors to give their candidate the dele gation at large in addition to the 32 from the districts, thus placing the Ohio vote in the national convention ic at 38 for Roosevelt and 10 for Taft.. New Jersey is to have her primary Te next Tuesday, and the rival Reptub, ilian aspirants are vigorously can- or vassing the state. Gov. Wilson will ii have no opposition for the Demo cratic delegation from New Jersey. a Speaker Champ Clark carried Mlae sachusetts, Maryland, Colorado and Washington, and has a good lead over the other Democratic presiderc- it tial aspirants, but Gov. Wilson is a strong second, having recently added a Pennsylvania, Delaware, Texas and probably Sou h Carolina to his string. Congressman Underwood is backed , by Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Florida, but it is likely the fingers of one hand will more than suffice to n count the remaining states that will a i; themselves in the Underwood column. Gov. Harmon received about the same majority over Gov. Wilson ii: d the Ohio primary that Col. Roosevelt h did over President Taft, but may act 1 control as large a number of the del egates to the national Democrati sconvention as Col. Roosevelt will have with him in the Republican con vention. The Ohio district d.Plcgate: will probably snand 27 for Harcon, 1 for Wilson, and Harmon will daubtie:- add the six delegates at large to hi score. e There is no certainty as to what ac te lion the Louisiana Democratic statn t convention will take, but the chances 11 seem to favor an uninstructed dele is gation. If a show-down is forced, a however, Gov. Wilson will probably et be found in the lead. Mr. Under mn wood's fathering of the free sugar It bill in congress ought to and doubt less will put him out of the running in Louisiana. Is 1 A bill to provide for the coinage of o three-cent and half-cent pieces was passed by congress recently. Li~Fi. PUGH E~iJi1SEDU ':etf g of Representative Cit'renE arad FoIitic l Leaders Pledgez £s _ort to ;, _e'ý?^n Car daic't ' r me ;ai.rt Jjs iceshp C. Ca. .f`-ga Comm.itc: Appointed. A meetint ofi t-e ri.:ds and sup uorters of E. N. I'ugh, who is a can didate for assocido justice of the su pr'e:nc court from the fourth supreme cart. district, was hld at the court ehous il- this City la-t Sunday fore noon, with all sections of the par i-h rupresented by dhelgations of lead i,;" c iczens. tlon, \Viter Lemanu presided over the assemblage, am Richard \iulaneon acted as secretary it i\as decided to appoint a campaigi con.,a 'ittec to be composed of citizen. from each ward of the parish, an(. n, -:x cutie conmitt.ee to which will bh entrusted the direct managemen'. of the campaign. The personnel of the latter body is as follows: WVal Ler EIann, chairman; Edmund Mau in, B. J. Vega, C. C. Weber, Ri hard Melancon. A number of ad :.s.'.s were delivered in behalf o' Mir. Fugh's candidacy, and much en The foilowing resolutions wert unanimously adopted: "\Vhereas, Edward Nicholls Pugh, of the parish of Ascension, has an nounecd his candidacy for associat; justice of the supreme court of Lou ::siana, and has set forth that there should be a change in the method o reaching decisions by the supreme court; that under the present systen he litigant obtains the opinion of only one judge on the law and or :.e facts, when he is entitled to the judgment of all five; and "\\hereas, the evil resulting fron; the present system has been recog nized by all, and has been the source of grievous and just complain. ')y the bar of this state for years; and though the subject has beer again and again agitated by the leg islature and by the Louisiana Bar Association, nothing has ever been accomplished; and "\Wher\e'as, it is essential to the welfare of the people of this state that t!here should be a change made in this systen; be it "Resolved, That the attention o: the governor, the legislature now in session, the Louisiana Bar Associa tion soon to convene. and the pres: Throu'ghout the state, be called to this condition of affairs. "Be it further resolved, that Ed ward N. Pugh, by virtue of his long e:gal trainfln, his successful career as a practitioner, his deep 'and thorough knowledge of the law, hii, :ugg<d honesty and high ideals. !s preeminently qualified to die charge the duties of associate jut rice of the supreme court, and i: best euipped of all the candidate: to secure the. needed reforms. "DE it further resolved, That in presenting to the voters of the- fourth supreme courtdistrict, comprising th' narishes of Ascension, Assumption. La'fourche, Tercebonae, St. Mary, Iberia, St. Martin, West Feliciana: EWat Feliciana, East Baton Rouge, St. Helena, Livingston, Tangipahoa, Washington, St. Tammany and St. James, the name of Edward Nicholl :'ugh, this committee heartily en SJorses the issue set forth in his an nouncement, and urges upon the voters the importance and necessity of bringing about a change in the present system." Crop Comment. The weather continues favorabla Ind the ifew crops are making gooc n ;rowth, but unfortunately the river is falling so slowly as to scarcely de- t, cease the danger of overflow, henci 'he silver lining to the cloud ci (1 :eoom which has overhung this sec :ion for weeks past, while it is be 'inning to appear, is not yet near .o prominent or so bright as could be desired. However, there is n a .a'n'ia'ying the fact that condition:" cire improving, no matter how gradua - tie bctterment may be, and if the 7 iver continues - to recede at the :,e established during the past *nrtniu ht it will not be long befor:, mcrma l conditions are restored. A trip through several plantationt !n this locality reve-als the fact that the fields are fairly clean, and that the crops have received some atten I ion desmite the necessity for emplo> '¾g a !arge propeortion of the fieli .indes in constructing emergent' tvees and repairii!i the main en- ic nkments. Of course, the degree cf d cork thus a'r accomplished is noth d ug !ike wihat vwould have been done under ordinary conditions, but in iiew of the circumstances it is a ma' o ter for congratulatione that anythinm II at all has been done toward ridding ,.hJ fields of grass and cultivating the Cane is leoking well, and with a e crntinun'ce of favorable weather will doubtless recover much of the ground t lost during the early growing period. t Both plant sand stubble show an ex I t'llknt staffnd. Corn has sufferr'd somewhat fromn the. ravage: of caterpillars and other e: p.sts, bnL isv doing well in the main Sn proni:i s es a good yield. 't' an ill wind that blows nobody :ood." Th truth of this saying ha, ' been exemtlified by the present flood. i which, while causing much concern to She sugar plantrs, hras been the: ,: : os cf caving the rice growers a '..ootl- sun, in as much as the high : .te of the water has enabled thea: to irrigat- their fields at practicali ec ;Io ::t. The rice cr'c is in nagnifm Ient shape, and if present prospects ire realizý- the yield will come near id, o equalling the best previous record pi5 for this section. Notice. You can have your suits cleaned rand lr ned while you are recAivins tonorial services, at JOHN OUBRE'S Sa .a:-ry 13arkr Shop-the only ozfe :ii town. Prices as follows: Suit, I.!c :aed and pressed, 60 cents; coat, pressed only, 25 cents; trousers, pressed only, 1i5 cents. The River Situation. There has been a decline of more than two feet in the stage of the wa :e_ at this point since the river be ;an faling, the official gauge read "nr thes morning being 32.6 faet, a: ifompar i ed with the record of 34.8 feet esLallishr d M iay 11,. The previous high water record for Doroaldsonvillo a ' ;2.75 feet. which n\as ~ et by the rreshet of 1897 on May 13 of that year. W\htile no precaution is being over looked or omitted, it is the consen sus of opinion; expert and otherwise, that comparatively little danger of a break in the levee system exists in this section at the present time, and if the river continues to decline at the rate recorded this week all fear of overflow will have been removed within the next few days. 'Tile weather is warm and dry, and the levees everywhere appear to be as solid as a rock. The flood water from the o urr ,I crevasse is encroaching steadily on many of the plantations on the right eel descending bank of Bayou Lafourche, to and a large territory has already been G5 inundated. It is reported that nearly K. 1800 acres of fertile land on the Du- fir gas & LeBlanc plantations near Pain- 01 courtviile are covered with water to se a depth of from two to four feet, W and the murky flood is still spread ing over the fields. On the God ethaux Company's Elm Hall planta tion. all the land back of the 1882 levee, comprising some 1000 acres. is said to be under water. The fight to hold the protection levees is be ginning to be a desperate one, and it is feared that unless the flood should subside soon many of these hastily constructed barriers will give .vay under the immense strain im posed upon them, resulting in the in undation of thousands of acres of crops. The flood water has made its ap nearance in Brusly Sacremento and other sections in the interior of the i second ward of Ascension parish, and . is stated to be gradually approaching t. the rear fields of various sugar plan Ir ations in that locality. Protection o Levees are being hurriedly con structed, but notwithstanding this a e precaution a great deal of land will Sbe submerged and heavy property loss will ensue. The second break in the Atchafa taya river levee system on the west 1side of that stream occurred at about 8 o'clock last Sunday morning al Alto, some twenty miles above cMelville. The latter place will be in undated by water from the crevasse I- to a depth of six feet or more, and € nearly all the women and children, as well as many of the male citi C :ens, have departed from the doomed i- town. The crevasse is more than s 1000 feet wide, and it is not likely that any effort will be made to close - it. i The Burton-Swartz Cypress Com a: any has 'a large force of laborers at work filling sacks to be used in in closing the IPymelia crevasse. These th sacks will be bsought to Donaldson a ville via the Texhs. and Pacific Rail n. way, and will be- loaded on to barges at the coal loading "tation of the a. West Kentucky Coal 'Company a ;e. short distance above thi.s city. The ra, barges will be towed to the crevasse it. by vessels under charter to the fed 1- oral government. n A family of refugees, consistirig of .n- a man and wife and their four c-hil hF dren, arrived in Donaldsonville last it Monday from the section inundated" he by the Torras crevasse waters. They were in destitute circumstances, and upon reaching this city appealed to Capt. F. H. Lomax, in charge of the g5overnment relief station here, to assist them in reaching Burnside, the man having a brother residing back. er of that place who, he said, would de- take care of them. Capt. Lomax de lci spatched the family to Burnside on c the tug Vanguard. hC Jewish Feast Observed. Shabuoth, one of the most import ant feasts in the Jewish calendar, was observed with appropriate ser vices at Bikur Cholim Synagogue at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening and 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Raph ael Singer officiated, and large con gregations were present on both oc casions. Shabuoth, "the Feast of Weeks," also called "the Feast of the First Fruits," falls, according to the Jew ish calendar, on the seventh of Si van, which occurred this year on tvodnesday, May 22. Its name is de rived from the seven weeks wbhiýib elapsed between the departure of the children of Israel from Egypt and their arrival at Mt. Sinai. Like its companion holiday, the Feast of Pass over, it, too, has both an agricultural and a historical aspect. With refer ence *o the former relation, it corn memorates the early harvest season, when the first of the wheat, baked ii two loaves of bread, was brought as an offering of gratitude, and as a I token of man's dependence upon the goodness of God. Historically it car ries us back in memory to the pro Smulgation of the Ten Commandments when Israel accepted the new moral code and religious legislation, and Swas aroused for the first time to. the consciousness of its new spiritual task and destiny. The Ten Com mandments were the Magna Charta ; of religion. Having secured political freedom, Moses found it necessary a to give his people religious freedom. Shabuoh has a distinctly modern a and indispensable appeal to the indb I vidual. It teaches, first of all, that religion, as a necessity of life, is the actuating motive and sanction of per sonal, social and national character. Secondly, it champions the cause of religious freedom as the most highly d prized privilege and possession of the human race. J. N. Breen, of the typographical staff of the New Orleans Times-Dem ocrat, has been elected secretary of New Orleans Local No. 17, Interna tional Typographical Union, to suc ceed Wilson S. Holiand. There were three aspirants for the office, and Mr. Breen was elected by a large majority. SUniversal Telephone Service The telephonre system of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Co., gives its patrons the most comprehensive long distance service and the very best local service that can be had. Long distance lines connect with every important.: city and town in the United States and Canada. Prompt ef. ficient service. Rates reasonable. Call our local manager for- information. : jCumberland Telephone and Telegraph Co. (Incorporated) PROCEEOIiGS HF PILOCE JUBY. Up parish of Ascension. lorl mal IREGULAR MEETING. dra Donaldsonville, La., May 8, 1912, the 1 The police jui'y of the parish of As- pur t cension met this day in regular ses- san sion, at the courthouse, and was called con to order at 12 o'clock m. Present: fur Sceo. B. Reuss, president, first ward; V K. A. Aucoin, second ward; Henry L. wha Weil, fourth ward; L. W. Armitage, of fifth ward; J. C. Kios, sixth wa"d; ofar Oreal Gonzales, seventh ward. ~b-f 0 sent-Adolphe Netter, third ward; H. A. ha. WVebb, eighth ward. I- The minutes of the last preceding be meeting were read, approved and signed. ing as- Th The following ordinance was read: mf AN ORDINANCE. oft An ordinance organizing and creating t a drailnage district composed of be lands situated in the fifth, sixth th and seventh wards of the parish sal 0 of Ascension, state of LoulsaPa, o00 i to be itnon as the Bayou ConWay trL te Drainage District of the parish of tri A2scension; constitting said b0olrd th re of commissioners of said drainage O n- district a body corporate with all be the powers of a corporation, ans be n carrying into effect toe pcovisiops cu Df of Act No. 317, of the general as- . sembly of the year 1.10, and the m provisions of Article No. 281 of - tile constitution of the state of TI id Louisiana of Itt8. Sectionl 1. Be it ordained by the po lice jury of the parish of Ascenslin, d a., That whereas in the opinion of 28 ig this body it is necessary and will be of immense benefit and conducive to ai tilhe interest and welfarle of the p opeIty fe in owners of the fifth, sixth and seveithll ywards of thi parish of iyscension, La., that a drainage district be organslcl6 bi d5and created, coinprisine lands situated a ill in the fifth, sixth and seventh waryls .i othef the arih of asceiisioin, for -the p urpose of mre readily draining said as lands in said portions of said parislh: a fa- It is, threlIore, ofuaincd by said pro- ai iice jury that by virtue of and pur st uant to the power vested in this body T a by Act No. 317 of the goeneral asse'i- f Stoly of the year .1910, all that part of the fifth, sixth and seventh wards of . iwe the parish of Ascension. Louisiana, em- b - braced within the boundaries follo iag, to-\wit, shall 'constitute and form ,,e and be embraced in the limits of a ad drainage district to be known and styled: "Bayou Conway Drainage Dis en, trict of the i'arish of Ascension": iti- Beginning at the upper line of Ash ied land plantation on the Mississispp river; then running along said river' down to an the upper line of Riverton plantation; ely then along the said upper line of said iTiverton plantation to the back caial of said plantation near the forty ar pent corner; thlen following tihe back s m- canal arid levee of the ii iverton ,d e D)onallson plantations to the lower line era of Donaldson plantation; then aPng a in said lower line of said Ionaldson pl5n- t ese ation to its intersection with the eighty a'pent line; then along the on- eignty a pent line to its intersection ail- with section line between sections 36 - and 41; in U.awnship' 10. a " 3 - es then followinlg said section line to the the common corner- of sections 36, 41, 27 a and 42; then continue one-half mile in Csame direction; then north one-half h mile; then east one-half mile to the sse east boundary line of township 10, s r ed- 3 east; then northt along township line two miles; then west one-half mile; - tnen north one-half mile;then west one of half mile to common corner secs. ' 16, 17, i 23 and 24;then north one-half mile;thenI >i west one-half mile; then north one-half lasi nmile; then west two miles: then north one-Half mile; thien west two and one Itei0 half miles, to the western boundary hey ine of township 10, s r 3 east; then and siouth one and on.-half miles; then weSt along the north boundary line 4f eto n on eighty to the rear line of Ash the land plantation; then following e towest'. oundary line of section eighty al0out three-eighths of a nmile; then in the a sou1hwe-sterly direction across the ack. Ashland field to the first headlapd lord i ni thle river; then northwesteriy along sairI headland to the upper line de- of Ashland plantation; then southwest on elv alonl" "said upper line to the pdint of beginning, on Mississippli river. (It is ulnd fstood tihat when tile tdis of dredging stall begin and be carriedi on from both -ends of Bayou Conway simultaneously, dr at some point at the upper end of the district that will in- Es clide one or botle of thie canals .inown 'ts Point and Asyatt or Compa ny Canals). A Cs Section 2. Be it further ordained, etc., That there shall ail five comnmissioiners i for said district, w.o, or whose wives, Cc shall be a land owifer in said district Sb to the assessed value of five hundred dollars, whether he bo a resident or a non-resident of the district, provided C tie be a citizen of the state. Three of said commissioners to be appointed by itisi body, teo for a term of two years all sciections by this polite jury thcre-o arter srhall be for a pe(iotl, of .tl u .eas; the i.emainin.g two coimm:ssioners shall T the appointed by the oelsnor of thile Ja .tate of Louisiana for a 1,eyiod of f)ur years. The ~ppointmenlt a said coin missioners :;iall be made pon the re SJlitlllýlr.iýti iO iot es tlhan twen L- ' iive pr.oi.,.rt oneirs of said district, S(nd the pietition of retoniiment.ciiditiO s tall state tie amount Ot propcerty . owneil by iact of tile petitioner.s c ll - the same shall be attested by the par ishi asstssor. Section 3. Be it further ordained, etc., That said board of. comiiisisioners of said drainage district is hlereb. co"tii tuotld a body cr lorlate or boY politic with all the powers of a. coridratioi, u l it shail have thie poaser and r ghlito in- ri ur m ]en}ts 1an. coitractt obligationi nd C Si:sue neotiable bonds therefior to -U R ri1n b(i su-ed, to nlakere and itse a ;oi' O- I a rate Sr.l, and to do anti pel'foir at al' ond all acts in its corporate cdI city pt a.id in its corprate name Iltc sall ' iid lproper for the carrying out O ttc objects and plrpioses of this. r Sdinance. 'he domicile of the drtaifa.e dfistrict i;s b :ed at I)aro'o, itn the parishs of ascension, Louisilana, h tuhicft domicile it shall ibe sued a.cu thy Sservice o citation siall be ma'oi' o - tiele resitletit, either in person or, OCi i- sme let~on i c ilalge of the offices SSection 4. Be it further ordained, etc., SThat Lithe sai d colltnissioners, after \1iv ing been duly apioulnted tind qualified sY iall conI ene at its lot licile at DatcOw, t. in the f)trish or Ascension, Loui4iaila, wfthin iftteen days after the appoirt t ienLt of s 'id coimrissioners tlid: shlahi r__I'prceed to '"alaiz'a b'' ehetint ofie'Jrs as follows: They shall elect from' thn numtber a president andl a vice presi e ,ent It sia!l be tile duty of the Alf'es r ilcent to preside over the meetings o, the barid nil to pet-forin such) other du ties as are usally required ef P Pes ) idents of corporate bodies. It shall be she duty of tle vice president t4. act in the absence of the piesident in case ef a.bsen,'e or disability. Thjdy shal i elct a s:crct itry -treasurer and! fix hi.s •lary lie shall perfoim all thet 'lutie:t ic.,,,lired of him ibt thie 1ou. i of cost I )is siol r i s anlit furlnish luau in' a ."ct. 'i:aed by the eo.~wed. and c-hose salai st- s --l - ct -(cfd the :Lao of i '1 1(1 - .f ri.s ccF nr!tiit. Saild drainage gcrnliS siiners shall select one of the ssolvent ta cartere l hanks of tite state w'ere' aln C- 10ne0"s shall be depositet, wfhirn banl se iall Pay. interes:t at not leis tLhat: th (Pe Or cent pCr annum on "11 tle d o:'ts of said drainag.e district. c Section 5. Be it further ordlained-. etc. That the said board of drainagae com missiohers herein created sihall` tie power and it shall be their dui] open all drains which they may gf. necessary in said district, and top~ form all work connected there, which they may deem necessar make the openings of - said naf drains effective. They shall als.e the power to make contracts for: purpose and to approve and acet. same from the parties with whom. d contracts are made, and shall ha4 further power of cutting, and Oipj new drains and canals wherevera whenever deemed necessary. They have the further power to secure rigih of way necessary for the cutting. canals or other works for the drs of their district, and to do this have the power to bring exproprii* suits and expropriate lands that. g be necessary for the purpose of i. ing rights of way. Section 6. Be it further ordained, e., That the said board of drainage csa missioners herein created may ,mee.4 often as they may deem necessary, W g vided tnat at least two meetingf~g , i be held each year. All expenses :h the administration of the said bsa ;l1 salaries of officers, etc., shall be-pa7ý a, out of the funds in the hands otU y. treasurer belonging to said drainage j of trict, provided that the commtssislep 'd themselves shall not be allowed smy ,e compensation for their wages as ma dl hers of said drainage board, but lea Sh ,'eimhursed for any exoenserm be reimbursed for any expenses i. curred in performing duties itsgp upon them by virtue of their emp1sy ment. Section 7. Be it further ordained, l ThIat all elections held and all tis levied, all debts incurred and all bi issued, shall be levied, held, lni and issued in accordance with Ar ' 281 of the constitution of the state d Louisiana, and the acts of the gen. assembly of Louisiana carrying into .. fect said article of the constitution. Section 8. Be it further ordained, .., That whenever any vacancy onskd board of commissioners of said dldi. age district herein created, caused, death, resignation, or otherwise, of ~ members of said board shall occui, l same shall be filled in the same nnot as the original appointments were liade and for the unexiired term. Section 9. Be it further ordained,` , That this ordinance shall take effed from and after its promulgation. On motion of Mr. Armitage, se.n by Mr.Weil, the ordinance was by the following vote: Yeas-Reuss,iAs. coin, Well, Armitage, Klos, G(afdi ; nays-none; absent-Netter, Webb.:' The jury adjourned. C. C. W naD-DTJ nMCO9 NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERL NOTICE is hereby given to the : erty owners of the parish of A~ sion that the listing of the propel said parish has been conipleted sa estimated valuation made therein: the assessor in accordance with is; and the said lists will be epd i the office of the assessor for 1 and correction for the termr of days, beginning on the '13th dai4 1912. A. A. 1KLIU G NOTICE T CREDITORS. Office State Tax CollectoP of Ascension. Donaldsonville, La., May 11,:11 T N conformity with Section 613 No. 85 of 1888, notice is hereby i to all parties holding mortgages Ii real estate located in the parish of A1 sion on which taxes for the yeaf,l teen eleven have not been paid, i will begin the sale of the same :at5 court house door on Saturday, Juili5a 1912, at 11 o'clock a. m., and Jhat number of pieces of property o quent are now being advertised newspaper, in conformity with la preparatory to such sale. The S tion of mortgage creditors is esc called to these advertisements -of i sales, and they are warned to tabe steps prior to the sale as may be: essary to protect their rights. E. C. HANSON, Sheriff and ex-officio Tax Cosie Parish of Ascension. BUDGET - of Estimated Expenses of the Parish a Ascension for Fiscal Year r 1912-1913. Assessor .......$ Clerk of police jury........ District attorney ..... ..ý Coroner and jail physician.. Sheriff and maintenance of d prisoners ................. Justices of the peace....... d Constables................ .... . Police jurors .............. . . Grand jurors .............. q Petit jurors ................. Coroner's jurors ............ W" itnesses .................. II Transportation ....... ....... e Janitors ......... ......... " Ir Parish printer ......... F'irst district road board.. Second district road board.. T'hird district road board.: Fourth district road board.. n Board of health............ a lPaupers ..... 12 Public schools ............. Normal School student.. ... State University student.... Fire department .......... Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat . c Hospital ............... a; Elections .P. - .)arrow-D'ville, ferry ...... d d Court stcnographel'" it' Registrar of voters..'..'-- . ,- Demonstration farm .... i P'ublic schools (advanced). . ty Bills payable ................ 01 Total ..... .. .. .... 1 . L. PoN. L. L, ie J. C KLOS-5 at f(. cONZALELs S A Popular Resort.p hr Gentlemen ax Liquors and Cigars at the ba aold Beer always on dra Pool and Billiard flle Connection ai A private room for meteting e cial gatherings. CourteOU ment to our patron ar: Aprivate room for meetings as